Shadow Defender

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Publisher's Description

Is your computer safe? New security vulnerabilities are found every day by which many malicious programs or people attack the Windows operating system. Shadow Defender is the best easy-to-use PC/laptop security and privacy protection tool for Windows operating systems. It provides an excellent way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being made to your PC/laptop. With Shadow Defender you can run system in a virtual environment, called Shadow Mode. And all the attacks will happen in the virtual environment, not in the real environment. If attacks happened, all you need to do is to reboot your system. After reboot, your system will be restored to the original state, as if nothing happened. And meanwhile you can save any selected files and folders to the real environment.

It can be useful only, if you are expert enough to create a list of directories (or files) to be excluded from this software ability to keep your drive exactly as it was when you first booted it in the morning. This is called "EXCLUSION LIST" in this software protocol.

Cons

The big problem I foresee, for most inexperienced users, they will loose all their downloads of the day, if they have not deposited them in a directory identified in the so called "EXCLUSION LIST", they have to create when they first use this "Shadow Defender" --- This is what happened to 80% of the non professionals I've submitted this program for them to test it... they've lost all their downloads.

Summary

In short, , you will need a lot of patience when transferring downloaded files from their original directory where there are first deposited on your "C" drive, to your directory of choice identified in the "EXCLUSION LIST" --- For reasons related to the protective shield created by this software on your computer, it takes an eternity to copy from the download directory, to you directory of choice identified in the "EXCLUSION LIST".

It's not possible to retain changes when rebooting into Shadow Mode (unlike the WIN XP-only ShadowUser), so program installations which require a reboot, as many do, are not possible and therefore cannot be tested safely under Shadow Defender.

After trying most every variety of security app, this is truly the most secure that you can add to a Windows system. Nothing can penetrate Shadow Mode to get to your system (unless you want it to). Even better protection than ISR products!

Cons

Outside of user-support, there is none to be had from the developer, who has disappeared. The product now appears to be a dead-end and that is really too bad.

Summary

If you are already a registered user, continue to use and love it until it for as long as you can.

If you are not a registered user, I would not buy into what now appears to be a dead-end product.

I have tested other virtualization softwares (deep freeze) by using some nasty virus (safesys worm). All failed. Even rollback softwares (rollback rx, comodo time machine) failed. only shadow defender pass.

Very light on system resources, Shadow Defender is the most secure way to access internet and avoid any kind of virus and malware. You can use an antivirus of your preference in order to increase your security.

Cons

There is no button to check for software updates.

Summary

Comparing to others virtualization softwares, Shadow Defender is the best in all aspects - very light and secure.

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